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22-year-old killed in early-morning interstate shooting near I-10/I-12 split

1 month 4 weeks 1 day ago Sunday, September 29 2024 Sep 29, 2024 September 29, 2024 5:30 PM September 29, 2024 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - A 22-year-old was shot to death while on Interstate-10 after the split early Sunday morning. 

The Baton Rouge Police Department said 22-year-old Erik Dorsey was in a car traveling along I-10 westbound after the I-10/I-12 split around 2:50 a.m. when shots were fired from a different vehicle. The car crashed into a truck, flipped onto its side and both vehicles hit the retaining wall. 

Dorsey died at the scene from a gunshot wound. Others were taken to hospitals for injuries from the crash, but Dorsey was the only person shot. 

No arrests have been made and no motive was given.

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